Insecurity: Reps Urge Buhari To Declare State Of Emergency On Unemployment

The House of Representatives yesterday in Abuja urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency on unemployment due to the spate of insecurity in the country.
This came via the adoption of a resolution by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, on the consideration of its reports on the National Security Summit.
The Deputy Speaker of the House, Rep Ahmed Wase, presided over the consideration of the reports.
In his motion, Gbajabiamila said the summit was held to generate ideas in tackling insecurity in the country, adding that the committee met with stakeholders and security experts in which suggestions were provided.
He said that subsequently, the recommendations of the report were voted and adopted by the lawmakers.
Reports said that, in April, the House set up an ad hoc committee to organise Security Summit as part of efforts to restore peace across the country.
The lawmakers however passed a resolution asking Buhari to declare a state of emergency over the nation’s security challenges.
Meanwhile, the House of Representatives has called on the Nigerian Police to conduct proper investigation into Chindinma Ojukwu’s murder case and refrain from parading her to grant interviews on matter under investigation.
The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep Tolu Akande-Sadipe (APC-Oyo) at the plenary yesterday in Abuja.
Moving the motion, the lawmaker called for compliance of the police force with the laws of the country and proper investigation into the death of Usifo Ataga.
She said since the arrest of Chidinma, she had been paraded around, granting interviews to various news platforms, including the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA).
She said that this had caused the internet and news media to be agog with various versions of the story.
The lawmaker said that this was in spite of the fact that the Police had already launched an investigation into the matter.
“The law of Nigeria does not allow for social media trials and matters that are subjudice to be discussed by the media.
According to her, Section 36(5) of the Constitution provides that every person who is charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed to be innocent until he is proved guilty.
“Thus, so long as Chidinma has not been proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction, she is not to be labelled a criminal, or paraded about to conduct series of interviews on a case currently under investigation”, she added.